the everyday adventures of sabrina

• @mizmoose Pfeh. I’m telling you, it was the rain’s fault. It was out to get me any way it could! in reply to mizmoose #
• @Kbcraigs @sanityknit Take it from an expert. All software sucks. You just have to find the one that sucks in ways you don’t notice. in reply to Kbcraigs #
• Ugh. I have homework, but I’m just so tired I really just want to take a nap. Right about now I am sorry my original plan didn’t work out. #
• My theory is because I RainXed the car and was ready for rain, it thwarted me elsehow. Also, it did not rain so much as 1 LOUSY DROP today. #
• @mizmoose Well, y’know how I tried to leave abt 4:30 yesterday? I went 20 miles, and car said, “Ok, we’re done here, time to see mechanic.” in reply to mizmoose #
• HOME! Appx 26.5 hours after I first tried to leave, and only about $375 poorer. Oh well, at least it was a cheap, fast, and easy repair! <3 #
• Home home home! Well, nearly. #
• A bout an hour east of Indy! Vroom vroom. #
• $240 later, and on the road again! Woohoo! #
• I mean, great mechanic, near road out of town, w/JoAnn w/sock yarn sale nearby… This is basically best case scenario for me here. #
• If it weren’t the case that the last thing I need is more sock yarn, I’d totally go buy more of this yummy Deborah Norville Serenity Sock. #
• Woohoo! Just a bad coil pack! Part on order, might be back on the road in under two hours! Might make it in time to pick up tiger after all! #
• Which is good, ‘cos I kinda expect to be here a while. Sitting on the comfy couch. #
• Performance Automotive of Columbus has the abs best mechanic waiting room ever. Quiet, comfy couch, loads of magazines, even a fireplace! #
• @bmoyles oh, I think username is niqui, or just sldownard … Very creative, me! in reply to bmoyles #
• @bmoyles don’t forget #lopsa! Funny name, serious sysadmin :) in reply to bmoyles #
• @christensen the idiot light was all ablink, & the interwebs said blinky=bad, so I am here at Performance Auto for a look-see. Happy Monday! in reply to christensen #
• I Have A Plan. Off to mechanic’s! #
• Y’all, it is just a tad bit windy out here today in sunny Columbus. #
• Considering the tornado in SE Cook county last night at about the time I might’ve been there, maybe this delay is not so bad after all. #

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• Also. What on earth did I do for panicked flailing before Twitter?!?! #
• Oddly, while I am certainly not happy with this turn of events, I am also not stressing too hard. Just wish had not forgotten stupid laptop! #
• TNT has ID4 on. While I like cornball action, would it kill them to show X-Files reruns or a nice campy Bruce Campbell flick? Comfort tv! #
• Safely checked back into hotel. Sadly, only on 10th floor this time. Wonder if cable situation has improved in my absence? #
• Back in Columbus. Parked very nearly in same spot I left 3 hours ago. Back to hotel. Whee. #
• Tow truck here! Commence the racking up of teh munnies. #
• Hey #Columbus #Ohio tweeps, anyone got a good #Volkswagen mechanic they can recommend to an out of towner w/ a woeful B5 passat? #
• I am juuuust in range of AM670, can at least listen to highly staticky #whitesox postgame show. What else have I got to do? #
• @guardianrobot #ineedahug! Waiting for a tow in rural east Ohio… Bleagh. #
• @Ipstenu has never happened to me before! Scary. My poor baby car :( in reply to Ipstenu #
• Also, now I REALLY wish I had brought my spinning wheel or laptop with Burn Notice DVDs!!! This David Sedaris book ain’t gonna last me long. #
• Well, called @BetterWorldClub and a tow is allegedly on the way. At least it’s not raining… #
• Like, *inside* Columbus, near a hotel and a VW mechanic, would have been nice. Not that country isn’t scenic and all. I’m just saying. #
• Really, I can think of better places for my car to suffer a critical engine problem than an unincorporated area 20 miles west of Columbus. #
• Well, that was fun while it lasted. #
• Just climbed in the car, heading for I-670 to start my trip back to CDT and TiVo! #
• Knitting progress report: one Fetching done except for thumb, one Sunday Swing done except for Kitchener toe. Woot! #
• What a strange hotel. Bar’s closed at Sunday brunch bloody mary o’clock. #
• In honor of crummy weather, long drive ahead, and dry parking garage, rainxed car. Woo. #
• In other news, have gotten one Sunday Swing sock done past heel, may get all the way to toe by end of today’s session. Sock knitting FTW! #
• I have no earthly idea why my idiot stlf kept alarm set for 7A today, when #dios at #ohiolinuxfest doesn’t start until 11A. Too early! #
• @robotviki wow. That is a great question! I think it is singular tho, the ‘s’ just tricks us naive English speakers. If you find ans, post! in reply to robotviki #
• @cloudlover ha. Friend asked me other day how long, as I talked abt curnt lacewt wip. Seemed shocked when said 12 hrs+! Yarn is not magic :) in reply to cloudlover #

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• I really, really wish I’d brought a hoodie or sweater or something. The entire convention center is frigging refrigerated. #
• Oh good! I see #Chicago has a crappy weather warning up for tomorrow night to make the drive home …lively. #
• @mitechie it was a good bof even if no one knew what shell globbing is :) #
• At a bof for zsh. May actually be nerdiest thing I’ve ever done. Sadly, seems to be for noobs. #
• @christensen burnham scav hunt? in reply to christensen #
• @talkchibaseball heh, my bad — I don’t really pay much attn to the northsiders unless my grandma wants to watch a game :) in reply to talkchibaseball #
• Really starting to wish I’d brought laptop w/DVDs of burn notice after all. Stupid ‘travelling light’ :P #
• @talkchibaseball well then, at least one Cub would have a WS ring. in reply to talkchibaseball #
• In other news, it turns out that if I actually pay attention to my hotel rm, it’s like a foreign country. A really crappy foreign country. #
• Really? Movies in the in-room pay per view are $15? People *pay* that? Willingly? #
• @EricSeale indeed! in reply to EricSeale #
• @comay oh, well, clearly! Could have been a bit more obfuscated, try harder next time! :) in reply to comay #
• @YarnHarlot bit late, but try aberlour a’bunadh (pron. ‘avanahr’) if you get the chance. in reply to YarnHarlot #
• The hotel-provided tazo green tea has a pleasant hint of apple, which almost makes up for the sad shortcoming of decaffeination. #

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• So apparently there’s some sort of college football shindig here tomorrow. Go Fighting #Illini! #
• Also, needless to say no #whitesox game broadcast in this market. CSI NY rerun for me, I guess. #
• Feh. With no Syfy or bbca, and like 800 news chans of which cnbc is best option, hotel cable is pointless. #
• If I had bought that Hitchhiker, I could be spinning right now. Alas. #
• Cable TV, but without a TiVo, no idea what’s to watch. What airs on Fridays at 8 eastern? A mystery! #
• @sanityknit indeed. Buy rice noodles, make from scratch–is teh yum. in reply to sanityknit #
• When the COTS#5 bus is changing its scroll from GO BUCKS to FIFTH ST, there is a brief moment or juvenile amusement to be had. #
• @writchrd too much. in reply to writchrd #
• At hotel. Lobby smells like musty basement. Bleah. #
• @smokes70 dunno yet, I ditched it for the Longest Roadtrip Ever to go to Ohio. in reply to smokes70 #
• @EyeTVEvangelist it’s already on order! I hate crappy slow USB :) in reply to EyeTVEvangelist #
• Why is the road to #ohiolinuxfest always fraught with road construction delays? I am still an hour out of frigging Ohio! #
• Hitting to road for #ohiolinuxfest! See y’all there! #
• Also, the Glenn Beck clip calls for a full-on crazy fight between him and PETA. With fingernails and hair-pulling! #
• Watched Glenn Beck frog clip. Either he’s bad faker or has no clue of physics of tiny frog in vry big pot of water. Either way, it was mean. #

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